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TIL the illustrator of Animorphs cover didn’t read the books when he was working on them and has never contacted the author although she sent him Christmas presents with candy. Publishers discourage illustrators from developing relations with authors

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QJOn6 TIL In 1946 a group of American benefactors purchased an original manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and donated it to the British Museum as a token of gratitude for Britain's stand against Hitler in WW2.
KOY0B TIL that the New York Times put out an editorial in 1922 which claimed that "Several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded"
neZaG TIL Boeing bought 17 Airbus A340 from Singapore Airline to convince them to buy it's 777 plane in 1999
wLZY7 TIL - An 11 year old girl in Nova Scotia, when told she couldn't swim in her local river, initiated testing of the river for fecal contaminants. After the samples tested above allowable limits, three levels of government committed $15 million to install 600 septic tanks along the river.